Bank Financial Statements




STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the under-mentioned BANKS in the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTER ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1878.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS.

Notes in
Circulation.

Bills in
Circulation.

Balances due to
other Banks.

Deposits.

Total
Liabilities.

Bank of New Zealand

£
497,264 6 10

£
26,161 9 1

£
824 16 2

Government.
£
1,163,015 1 8

Not bearing Interest.
£
1,763,391 12 8

Bearing Interest.
£
1,957,135 6 1

£
5,406,967 16 4

Union Bank of Australia

126,531 8 8

14,673 3 5

5,080 8 0

529,825 18 1

1,041,439 6 3

1,713,294 12 7

Bank of New South Wales

84,462 15 10

625 14 1

274,185 10 1

440,389 3 1

804,743 11 1

Bank of Australasia

50,617 11 5

4,810 5 4

170,557 10 8

344,967 3 1

570,952 10 6

National Bank of New Zealand (Limited).

108,816 5 8

5,721 15 7

26,902 13 1

346,654 4 6

527,616 5 3

1,015,711 4 1

Colonial Bank of New Zealand

84,960 13 0

3,086 9 10

4,412 5 9

316,315 11 11

418,637 6 11

827,412 7 5

Totals

952,653 1 5

55,078 17 4

37,220 3 0

1,163,015 18

3,400,930 7 11

4,730,184 10 8

10,339,082 2 0

ASSETS.

BANKS.

Coined Gold and
Gold and Silver
Notes and
Balances due
Landed
Notes and Bills
Government
Other Funded
Debts due to the
Securities not
Total Assets.

Silver and other
in
Bills of other
from
Property.
Discounted.
Securities.
Securities.
Bank, exclusive
included under

Coined Metals.
Bullion or Bars.
Banks.
other Banks.

of Debts aban-
other heads.

doned as bad.

Bank of New Zealand

£
738,737 19 0

£
64,708 10 9

£
22,316 12 7

£
18,768 14 2

£
66,210 11

£
72,705,865 0 11

£
270,000 0 0

£
7,600 0 0

£
3,254,227 5 11

£
105,755 19 10

£
7,254,190 14 9

Union Bank of Australia

348,705 16 4

6,031 15 4

2,306 13 1

2,653 17 2

60,553 17 0

927,112 11 0

1,007,389 17 6

2,388,608 0 5

Bank of New South Wales

294,431 12 9

18,977 1 8

1,631 4 2

11,956 13 0

34,424 7 10

530,562 3 0

530,562 3 0

122,043 11 10

1,654,606 8 5

Bank of Australasia

89,038 10 10

1,287 17 5

33,853 13 0

20,687 3 3

459,387 7 2

1,463 12 8

990,085 11 7

National Bank of New Zealand
(Limited)

215,098 9 6

21,643 3 7

4,114 7 0

14,805 19 4

64,285 13 10

891,660 3 7

16,443 7 7

2,087,637 18 5

Colonial Bank of New Zealand

108,446 16 8

9,210 18 4

1,443 9 2

1,228 5 5

39,017 1 3

538,681 7 10

634,834 15 1

1,364,257 3 4

Totals

1,794,459 5 1

120,571 9 8

33,100 3 5

49,413 9 1

285,178 14 9

5,053,268 13 6

270,000 0 0

7,600 0 0

6,814,839 6 11

310,954 14 6

15,739,385 16 11

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.

BANKS.

Capital paid up.

Rate per annum of last Dividend.

Amount of last
Dividend declared.

Amount of Reserve
Fund at the time
of declaring such
Dividend.

Bank of New Zealand

£
725,000 0 0

Fifteen per cent.

£
54,375 0 0

£
384,358 3 9

Union Bank of Australia

1,500,000 0 0

Sixteen per cent.

110,000 0 0

897,133 6 6

Bank of New South Wales

1,000,000 0 0

Seventeen and a half per cent.

87,500 0 0

541,966 14 2

Bank of Australasia

1,200,000 0 0

Twelve and a half per cent.

75,000 0 0

407,309 9 2

National Bank of New Zealand (Limited)

350,000 0 0

Six per cent.

10,500 0 0

12,435 4 5

Colonial Bank of New Zealand

374,280 5 0

Seven per cent.

11,500 6 0

49,508 18 6

Totals

5,149,280 5 0

348,875 6 0

2,292,711 16 6

Treasury,
Wellington, 8th November, 1878.

C. T. BATKIN,
Secretary to the Treasury.
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💰 Finance & Revenue
8 November 1878
Banking statistics, Liabilities, Assets, Capital, Dividends, Financial reporting, New Zealand Banks
  • C. T. Batkin, Secretary to the Treasury